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public interface FeatureStoreTransform

    extends Persistent, Cloneable {

    /**

     * Returns the default {@link FeatureType}.

     *

     * @return default {@link FeatureType}

     *

     * @throws DataException

     */

    public FeatureType getDefaultFeatureType() throws DataException;

    /**

     * Returns this FeatureStoreTransform's FeatureType(s)

     *

     * @return

     * @throws DataException

     */

    public List<FeatureType> getFeatureTypes() throws DataException;

    /**

     * Returns the original store {@link FeatureType} that replaces

     * targetFeatureType of this FeatureStoreTransform's

     *

     * @return source {@link FeatureType}

     */

    public FeatureType getSourceFeatureTypeFrom(FeatureType targetFeatureType);

    /**

     * Applies this transform between two features, copying the source data to

     * the target feature.

     *

     * @param source feature whose data will be used as source

     *

     * @param target feature in which the source data will be copied

     *

     * @throws DataException

     */

    public void applyTransform(Feature source, EditableFeature target)

        throws DataException;

    /**

     * Sets the FeatureStore to which this transform is applied.

     *

     * @param featureStore FeatureStore to which this transform is applied.

     */

    public void setFeatureStore(FeatureStore featureStore);

    /**

     * Returns the FeatureStore to which this transform belongs.

     *

     * @return FeatureStore to which this transform belongs.

     */

    public FeatureStore getFeatureStore();

    /**

     * Retruns true if this make changes of any attributes values or false if

     * only {@link FeatureType} definitions is changed.

     *

     * @return

     * @see {@link FeatureStoreTransforms#isTransformsOriginalValues()}

     *

     */

    public boolean isTransformsOriginalValues();

    public String getName();

    public String getDescription();

    /**

     * Sets the original metadata for this transform

     *

     * @param metadata

     */

    public void setSourceMetadata(DynObject metadata);

    public void setDynValue(String name, Object value) throws DynFieldNotFoundException;

    /**

     * This method must perform the necessary actions to set up the transformation.

     * 

     * It is called automatically when adding the transformation to the store 

     * and when the store is retrieved from the persistence.

     * 

     * @throws Exception 

     */

    public void  setUp() throws Exception ;